the crew 2016 The Crew Expansion: Calling all Units

[Ryzza5]

 

You wanted to join forces with Police in The Crew, but you couldn't.

 

Now* you can. Let's hope it reviews better than

did. At least it'll have a better map.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfRlXedAfEE

 

 

*November 29

 

Calling all units! A new trailer has been sighted! | | News | The Crew

[Ozzmcom]

:fp::fp:

[CarMadMike]

This seems like exactly what this game needed......

 

 

 

.... or maybe not.

[Ryzza5]

:fp::fp:

Who's your friend? :p

[Ozzmcom]

like we didn't have enough rammers

[Ryzza5]

It seems there will be some livestream about this (12:30 PM unspecified timezone or day) on twitch/TheCrewGame

 

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[Eudemon]

Now this looks interesting. Cool to see that they are still adding to the game and listening to what is being said by their active playerbase from the looks of it.

[Ozzmcom]

I think diablo's high

[Eudemon]

I wonder how they will price this. Be nuts to go too high as it doesn't have the same draw as the big hitters and on Xbox One and PC they will have to contend with Horizon 3 so ideally the number 10 should be the way I would want them to go, but I doubt they will. And the reason I say I like what's being shown here is that it adds another new way to play the game and get players involved in it. They will need to show that it is worthwhile and address some of the concerns already being uttered by people such as single-sound siren and the quality of the lightbar itself. After all, it makes sense that when you have seen other games do this you expect later games to match or go one better in that regard.

 

With close to 3 months until release I am sure they will see what people playing have to say about it and will act on it.

 

You can check out more on the game add-on at the twitch Showcase that happened earlier today.

 

Trailer starts: 1h 49m 30s | Showcase: 1h 50m 30s

 

Twitch

[RobikV3]

Who's your friend? :p

 

That would be me

 

I bet its gonna be half assed and overpriced just like Wildrun was...

[PsychoticMammal]

Hot Pursuit 2010 is that you? From what I've seen through Gamescom gameplay videos it looks pretty similar. Except for how the speeder/criminal gets busted, which looks really bad right now. At least there should be some new cars, right?

[RobikV3]

At least there should be some new cars, right?

 

Yeah by the looks of F12 Berlnetta yeah, new cars only thing Im interested in

[hassan1995]

This game isn't worth spending this much money on, the wild run was expensive and I'm assuming this will be priced around the same.

[Eudemon]

I've seen mention of the Lamborghini Huracan, Mercedes GLC and Jeep Wrangler so far.

[nfsMIB]

Well, I was really happy to see that The Crew is getting another expansion since i really like that game. Didn't expect that for a almost 2 years old Ubi game to be honest.

But what I've seen so far is pretty underwhelming.

[RobikV3]

Some gameplay for those who are interested

 

[Ryzza5]

 

Even with lag and completely different weight and handling systems I still reckon that was more fun than what I can see this expansion pack producing. But, we did ask for expansion packs back in the day and they are delivering on that.

 

Other TDU police chase endings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memo, if you ever need a getaway driver do no ask Destroyer-GT :)

 

 

Calling All Units in my mind only needed to add the police sirens and liveries and a more fair mechanism for determining when someone was caught. i.e. you've got to crash into them and stop them.

[Ozzmcom]

it truly baffles me how all these months and updates they've managed to avoid fixing the real problem of this game.

[Eudemon]

Ry you may be looking through the rose tinteds there as the lag and collision detection made doing things like that at times quite frustrating. Then again with your aussie internet maybe you're used to it. :cheeky:

[RobikV3]

it truly baffles me how all these months and updates they've managed to avoid fixing the real problem of this game.

 

And igonoring what the playerbase actually wants...

[Ryzza5]

Those things were frustrating (but expected playing with Europe) but it added to the challenge which was fun. Driving behind someone for 7 seconds to bust them is the total opposite. I don't recall having the same issues on those other occasions where I took photos but not recordings.

[Eudemon]

I agree that the busting mechanic should be something more challenging and worthy of it than what's been seen so far.

[Tobberian]

And igonoring what the playerbase actually wants...

.. like 2/3 - halving all lane widths.. what else?

[TurboDuck]

The Crew 'Calling All Units' Keys Are Up For Grabs in Latest Community Challenge

 

[headline]The Crew 'Calling All Units' Keys Are Up For Grabs in Latest Community Challenge[/headline]

 

Players of The Crew can get themselves in with a chance of winning a 'Calling All Units' expansion key with the latest Community Challenge to go live in the game.

 

Open to all players and platforms from November 16th - 22nd, the Los Angeles based 'Fake Out' challenge will pit them against a prison bus that is accompanied with...

 

Read more on this...

[Ryzza5]

I purchased this expansion in the steam winter sales. Now treating this game as 100% arcade and using the gamepad instead of a wheel (although still using hardcore mode), the new chase mode is pretty fun, and the core gameplay mechanics are well executed. I find it to be a proper pick-up and play alternative to Rocket League for killing 30-60 minutes now.

 

Nevertheless, and many steam reviews echo this, I just can't see the value for money. There might be quite a number of police vehicles, but with only one cop shop and about 7 slots with high prices, it could take ages before you get a chance to buy the one you want. The extra story missions are over very quickly and do not offer anything that unique over the original (which already had harder chase + takedown missions). It is good that all players can 'be chased' without the DLC, but if you really want to chase others, there's nothing to stop you spending $0 and trying to stop the player with a non-police car - you just wouldn't have any "abilities" that effect the escaping player.

 

 

The 'crates' progress appears to be reset each day. If you're good, go straight for the Platinum ones - the distance is a bit longer but I don't find it that much harder to escape. It's a good way to quickly level up a car as well.

 

 

TL;DR

If you don't mind the handling, try out the 'being chased' side for free. If you like the mode and really want to try chasing others in a proper police car, get the DLC when you think the price is reasonable. I'd suggest ~$15 AUD as reasonable - you're probably never going to get to use all the new cars. You still require a good $400,000 in game credits to buy the various spec police cars (Dirt, Performance, Raid, Circuit) to complete the approx. 10 missions. Once they are done you'll probably only ever use your fastest Circuit and Raid police vehicles.